I was a happy child. I felt loved. I never would’ve imagined that things would turn out the way that they did”.

And I honestly believe that I could never love another woman for the rest of my life. For the first time in the past five hundred years, I am sincerely thankful for my immortality, because...

Derek’s. Lucas’. Ben’s. It’s beyond me what I must do to make them realize that I’m neither object nor possession. I don’t belong to any of them.

After all, it seemed far nobler to give up one’s life to the light than to the dark.

Sometimes, that’s the way it is with people. You think you can tell what they are based on the patterns that you see, but when you take a look inside, they’re nothing like you expect...

This, Derek, is what you’re going to turn into without her in your life. You can only get worse from here. This is why you need her.

I realized that the whole time I was holding this beautiful stranger in my arms, feeding on her, it felt like I was betraying Sofia.

The wounded can inflict the most painful wound without hesitation.

Misery, after all, loves company.

I couldn’t keep myself from wondering how on earth I got to have such demented parents”.

Because beautiful things, even when they are temporary, still manage to leave a part of their beauty with you…even after they’re long gone.

Because I don’t believe that you are a slave to what you’ve become. I don’t believe that you simply can’t.